'It has been inconvenient, yes, but the public has borne it largely with good humour.''There have been long queues, but thanks to decades of shortage-economy socialism, we are used to standing in......

'A friend of mine was going through a midlife crisis with me, so we sat down and talked it out.' 'He said, you know, we are going through a midlife crisis. I asked him for how long it would last.......